Just in time for Halloween! In the spirit of dressing up, we found these cool cats and these snazzy kids. If anyone recognizes any of these costumed characters in the pictures, we’d love to hear from you. Please call The Davidson Leader at 306-567-2047 or email davidsonleader@sasktel.net.
Pila and Racka Bones and their trusty canine companion T-bone, last Wednesday, donned their bathing suits to celebrate last week’s warmer temperatures. The Bones family has become the talk of Herman Crescent since Oct. 6 when they arrived in the front yard of Tamara and Tony Allen’s home as part of their annual Halloween display.
DAVIDSON—Last Tuesday Davidson town council passed a bylaw prohibiting the burning of garbage in town.
Bylaw 784 regulates the burning of refuse within town limits.
It prohibits people and businesses from burning trash, refuse, garbage, industrial waste, paper products, wood, yard waste or any other type of waste in an open fire or incinerator in a manner that causes air pollution.
The bylaw contains a few exclusions that will still allow certain types of fires. Campfires or fires in outdoor fire pits are excluded from the bylaw as are cook fires fueled by charcoal or processed coal. Fires for the purpose of prevention or control of fires or for firefighting training purposes, provided they are authorized by the municipality, are also excluded from Bylaw 784.
Mrs. Ida Dorothy Barlow, 97 years young, passed away in Davidson Health Care Centre Oct. 14, 2018 after a short fight with cancer.
Ida was born on the farm in the Strongfield area May 2, 1921. She was the fourth in line of six children. She was the last remaining member of her family and also the longest surviving Amrud.
Ida was predeceased by her loving husband Percy in August of 1990.
Mrs. Barlow leaves to mourn: son Royce (Ruth) Barlow of Regina, Sask.; daughter Sandra (Augie) Korchinski of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.; son Bruce (Joan) Barlow of Lloydminster, Alta.; daughter Joan (John) Vopat of Sidney, B.C. She also leaves behind nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Special mention also to niece Mary Ann Chomyshen and nephew Dale (Carol) Barlow who were very close to mom and played a major role in her life.
Ida had a love for life. She enjoyed socializing with family and friends, the Arizona lifestyle and was an ardent fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Blue Jays.
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Larry Nadeau dropped off pictures he found in his “repertoire of photos” (those were his words). He said the pictures were taken in the early 1970s in front of Davidson School. Other than that, he doesn’t know too much more. After some investigating, we are able to help fill in some of the blanks. These pictures were taken Feb. 11, 1971 when the flame for the Canada Winter Games arrived in Davidson. The Games were being held in Saskatoon from Feb. 11 to 22 and to promote the event, the Games flame was brought from Parliament Hill to Saskatoon by snowmobile. The flame carrier was made from a standard skiboose sled with heavy-duty springs. Bombardier Ltd. were responsible for the 2,500-mile trip from Ottawa to Saskatoon. Approximately 300 snowmobiles were driven by their owners for a portion of the route. If any of our readers hopped on their sleds to take part in the route, we’d love to know, so if you recognize yourself or anyone else in these pictures, please give The Leader a call or drop us an email.
The flame also stopped in Dundurn where 90 school children and other residents had a chance to see it. In Kenaston, a large number of students and several teachers had a view of the flame when it stopped at a service station on the edge of the village. A legacy of those games was the creation of Blackstrap Mountain, which was constructed to host alpine events during the games. It cost about $600,000 to build the mountain as well as snowmaking equipment, lifts and a day lodge.